“The National Archives and Records Administration announced yesterday that it has reached a non-exclusive agreement with Amazon.com and one of its subsidiaries to reproduce and sell to the public copies of thousands of historic films and videotapes in the Archives’ holdings…

“Our initiative with CustomFlix Labs will reap major benefits for the public at large and for the National Archives,” Allen Weinstein, archivist of the United States, said in a written statement. “While the public can come to our College Park, Md., research room to view films and even copy them at no charge, this new program will make our holdings much more accessible to millions of people who cannot travel to the Washington, D.C. area.” (Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post)